WELCOME TO "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" HERE AT GOSPEL 00:00:33.60\00:00:35.60 OUTREACH. 00:00:35.63\00:00:36.63 I'M JULIE AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE JOINED 00:00:36.67\00:00:38.17 US HERE. 00:00:38.20\00:00:39.23 TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH ONE OF OUR 00:00:39.27\00:00:41.00 REGIONAL DIRECTORS HIS NAME IS SHAWN AND HE WORKS 00:00:41.04\00:00:44.34 IN THE CLOSED COUNTRIES OF THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:00:44.37\00:00:47.51 NOW, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE NEW TO GOSPEL OUTREACH AND 00:00:47.54\00:00:51.35 WE ARE SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS IN THE 10/40 WINDOW 00:00:51.38\00:00:54.48 FROM TEN TO FORTY DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR THAT 00:00:54.52\00:00:57.72 RUNS FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES FROM WEST AFRICA 00:00:57.75\00:01:00.46 ALL THE WAY THROUGH INDIA AND ASIA AND THAT'S THE 00:01:00.49\00:01:04.23 HOME OF BILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE 00:01:04.26\00:01:07.66 CALLED TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS AND THANK YOU FOR 00:01:07.66\00:01:12.20 PARTNERING WITH US. 00:01:12.23\00:01:13.23 WE THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH 00:01:13.27\00:01:16.07 AND WE WELCOME YOU IF YOU ARE NEW. 00:01:16.10\00:01:18.07 SO, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME SHAWN TO THE 00:01:18.11\00:01:20.48 PROGRAM. 00:01:20.51\00:01:21.51 SHAWN -GREAT OT SEE YOU AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING 00:01:21.54\00:01:24.35 FORWARD TO A CONVERSATION WITH YOU. 00:01:24.38\00:01:25.85 THANK YOU, JULIE. 00:01:25.88\00:01:27.32 YES, IT IS DELIGHTFUL TO BE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN 00:01:27.35\00:01:29.52 NOW. 00:01:29.55\00:01:30.35 I ALWAYS ENJOY THESE CONVERSATIONS. 00:01:30.39\00:01:33.42 WELL, IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AND SHAWN 00:01:33.46\00:01:36.32 WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN WE SAY "CLOSED COUNTRY". 00:01:36.36\00:01:40.80 YOU KNOW I SUPPOSE WE CAN THINK ABOUT THOSE IN A 00:01:40.83\00:01:44.03 COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TERMS. 00:01:44.07\00:01:45.27 FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW THOSE OF US WHO TRAVEL 00:01:45.30\00:01:48.24 RECOGNIZE THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND 00:01:48.27\00:01:50.64 OTHER GOVERNMENTS PUT OUT ACTUAL TRAVEL WARNINGS 00:01:50.67\00:01:54.91 SOMETIMES AND THERE IS LIKE A DIFFERENT 00:01:54.94\00:01:59.48 DEGRADATION OR DIFFERENT SPECIFICATION OF COUNTRIES 00:01:59.51\00:02:03.42 THAT YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO TRAVEL TO AND THEN THERE 00:02:03.45\00:02:06.35 ARE THOSE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY WARN YOU, YOU KNOW, 00:02:06.39\00:02:10.23 TO CHECK IN WITH YOUR EMBASSY TO REGISTER THERE 00:02:10.26\00:02:12.43 AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE THAT THEY SIMPLY SAY YOU 00:02:12.46\00:02:14.96 KNOW, AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES BEING AN 00:02:15.00\00:02:17.67 AMERICAN OR A CITIZEN OF FRANCE WE REALLY RECOMMEND 00:02:17.70\00:02:20.77 OR WE EVEN SAY DON'T TRAVEL TO THESE COUNTRIES. 00:02:20.80\00:02:23.77 AND SO, IF WE JUST THINK OF A BELT AROUND THE EARTH 00:02:23.81\00:02:27.31 KIND OF GOING ACROSS NORTH AFRICA AROUND THROUGH THE 00:02:27.34\00:02:29.71 MIDDLE EAST AND THEN THROUGH YOU KNOW SOUTHEAST 00:02:29.74\00:02:33.31 ASIA THE COUNTRIES THERE, WE CAN RECOGNIZE FROM 00:02:33.35\00:02:37.49 GEOGRAPHY CLASS THAT SOME OF THOSE COUNTRIES 00:02:37.52\00:02:40.86 HISTORICALLY WESTERN NATIONS HAVEN'T FELT 00:02:40.89\00:02:45.83 NECESSARILY VERY FRIENDLY WITH BECAUSE OF THE 00:02:45.86\00:02:48.40 VARIOUS THINGS THAT EITHER ECONOMICALLY OR 00:02:48.43\00:02:50.43 POLITICALLY THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS. 00:02:50.47\00:02:53.50 OR RELIGIOUSLY. 00:02:53.54\00:02:54.80 OR RELIGIOUSLY AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER 00:02:54.84\00:02:58.41 WHEN WE MENTION RELIGIOUSLY IS THAT SIMPLY 00:02:58.44\00:03:01.91 THE DOMINATE RELIGION IN THESE OTHER COUNTRIES IS 00:03:01.94\00:03:07.28 VERY LARGELY EITHER ISLAM, BUDDHIST, HINDU AND IN 00:03:07.32\00:03:13.36 THOSE COUNTRIES THERE ARE ACTUALLY CERTAIN 00:03:13.39\00:03:16.22 REQUIREMENTS OR GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES THAT 00:03:16.26\00:03:19.33 THE GOVERNMENT HAS THAT DISCOURAGES THE CITIZENS 00:03:19.36\00:03:23.60 FROM CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY AND THEN 00:03:23.63\00:03:27.50 THERE ARE ACTUALLY NOT ONLY LAWS AGAINST YOU KNOW 00:03:27.54\00:03:31.04 CONVERSION, THERE CAN ACTUALLY BE RESTRICTIONS 00:03:31.07\00:03:35.21 AND PUNISHMENTS OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE OR OF THE THOSE 00:03:35.24\00:03:39.48 WHO COME TO THE COUNTRY FOR THAT PURPOSE. 00:03:39.51\00:03:42.05 AND IT IS INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT ALL OF THAT 00:03:42.08\00:03:45.89 BECAUSE SHAWN, AS WESTERNERS AH, TO THINK OF 00:03:45.92\00:03:50.33 ALL OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS WHERE FOR EXAMPLE, IF I 00:03:50.36\00:03:55.13 WANT TO BUY A BIBLE I CAN GO BUY A BIBLE AT WALMART 00:03:55.16\00:03:58.50 AND SO I HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO THAT BUT IN THESE 00:03:58.53\00:04:02.87 COUNTRIES THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT ARE 00:04:02.90\00:04:04.64 "CLOSED" THAT OPPORTUNITY OF GOING TO A MAJOR STORE 00:04:04.67\00:04:08.88 AND BUYING A BIBLE IS NOT POSSIBLE. 00:04:08.91\00:04:12.78 THAT'S EXACTLY TRUE BUT YOU KNOW, IN TODAY'S WORLD 00:04:12.81\00:04:16.62 FOR THE PERSON WHO IS LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THAT 00:04:16.65\00:04:20.42 IS NO LONGER AN ISSUE BECAUSE IN THE DIGITAL AGE 00:04:20.46\00:04:23.69 IT'S VERY EASY TO ACCESS ANYTHING THAT A PERSON 00:04:23.73\00:04:26.56 WANTS TO. 00:04:26.59\00:04:27.60 SO, EVEN IN A COUNTRY WHERE THERE IS JAMMING YOU 00:04:27.66\00:04:31.83 KNOW, ELECTRONIC JAMMING BY A GOVERNMENT, AH PEOPLE 00:04:31.87\00:04:35.20 CAN GET AROUND AND THEY CAN DOWNLOAD WHAT THEY 00:04:35.24\00:04:38.41 CHOOSE. 00:04:38.44\00:04:39.47 I REMEMBER FOUR YEARS AGO DEALING WITH A COUNTRY OR 00:04:39.51\00:04:42.91 SOME BELIEVERS AND CHRISTIANS FROM A COUNTRY 00:04:42.94\00:04:46.08 IN CENTRAL ASIA WHEN THEY LEFT THEIR COUNTRY, THEY 00:04:46.11\00:04:50.85 ACTUALLY HAD TO DELETE APPS OFF THEIR PHONES SO 00:04:50.89\00:04:53.56 THAT WHEN THEY WENT TO THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRY THAT 00:04:53.59\00:04:57.23 AS THEY WERE AT THEIR BORDER CONTROL THAT THEIR 00:04:57.26\00:05:00.83 NATIONAL SECURITY WOULDN'T FIND CERTAIN APPS ON THEIR 00:05:00.86\00:05:03.80 PHONES, RELIGIOUS APPS. 00:05:03.83\00:05:04.90 WOW. 00:05:04.93\00:05:06.00 THEY DOWNLOADED THEM AGAIN ONTO THEIR TELEPHONE-THAT 00:05:06.03\00:05:09.80 WAS BIBLES AND OTHER RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS THAT 00:05:09.84\00:05:13.54 THEY WANTED AND SO IT IS VERY EASY AS I TRAVEL 00:05:13.58\00:05:18.31 TODAY MYSELF, I HAVE NEVER HAD MY PHONE REQUESTED. 00:05:18.35\00:05:22.25 GOOD. 00:05:22.28\00:05:22.92 BY A PERSON. 00:05:22.95\00:05:23.92 I'VE BEEN TO ABOUT 80 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD 00:05:23.95\00:05:27.89 MANY OF THOSE ARE COUNTRIES THAT ONCE AGAIN 00:05:27.92\00:05:31.23 WE CONSIDER MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE CLOSEST 00:05:31.26\00:05:34.96 OF TIES WITH OTHER NATIONS BUT I'VE NEVER HAD MY 00:05:35.00\00:05:40.00 PHONE CHECKED. 00:05:40.04\00:05:41.07 AND SO, IF I WAS REALLY THOUGHTFUL BECAUSE I DO 00:05:41.10\00:05:43.81 GET COMFORTABLE I WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY DELETE A 00:05:43.84\00:05:45.97 COUPLE OF APPS OFF OF MY PHONE. 00:05:46.01\00:05:48.21 SURE. 00:05:48.24\00:05:48.74 JUST FOR PRECAUTION. 00:05:48.78\00:05:50.41 BUT YOU ARE SO RIGHT WHICH LEADS INTO ANOTHER 00:05:50.45\00:05:53.11 QUESTION WHICH I KNOW YOU KNOW IS VERY DEAR TO MY 00:05:53.15\00:05:56.15 HEART WORKING IN DRAMATIZED AUDIO BIBLE 00:05:56.18\00:05:58.85 STORIES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES THAT ARE USED 00:05:58.89\00:06:02.12 HERE BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS WITH THE 00:06:02.16\00:06:04.76 BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND BUT THE STORYTELLING ASPECT OF 00:06:04.79\00:06:08.63 THE BIBLE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE IT'S 00:06:08.66\00:06:10.67 STORIES. 00:06:10.70\00:06:11.77 JESUS TOLD STORIES AND IN THESE MANY OF THESE CLOSED 00:06:11.80\00:06:16.17 COUNTRIES STORIES ARE VERY POWERFUL BECAUSE THEY ARE 00:06:16.20\00:06:20.21 VERY AUDITORY LEARNING -THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. 00:06:20.24\00:06:24.21 THEY TELL STORIES FOR GENERATIONS AND THINGS 00:06:24.25\00:06:26.65 LIKE THAT AND HOW IS THAT REALLY PIVOTAL IN SHARING 00:06:26.68\00:06:30.89 THE GOSPEL? 00:06:30.92\00:06:31.45 OH, IT SO MUCH IS SO. 00:06:31.49\00:06:34.42 YOU KNOW, I'VE DISCOVERED AND ONCE AGAIN I'M INTO MY 00:06:34.46\00:06:37.99 50'S NOW, I'VE DISCOVERED OVER SOMETHING LIKE 30 00:06:38.03\00:06:42.16 YEARS OF TRAVELING THAT PEOPLES OF MOST THE 00:06:42.20\00:06:47.54 MAJORITY WORLD THAT BEING PROBABLY CONSIDERED 00:06:47.57\00:06:50.84 DEVELOPING NATIONS TODAY, UM PRIMARILY AH, ARE ORAL 00:06:50.87\00:06:56.38 IN TERMS OF THEIR COMMUNICATION THAT MEANING 00:06:56.41\00:07:01.88 THAT THEY LOVE TO TALK. 00:07:01.92\00:07:03.95 EVERYBODY LOVES TO TALK BUT THEY LOVE TO TALK AND 00:07:03.99\00:07:07.79 RECOUNT THE HISTORY OF THEIR PEOPLE. 00:07:07.82\00:07:10.49 THEY LOVE TO RECOUNT THE STORIES OF LIFE AND THAT 00:07:10.53\00:07:15.20 MEANS THAT AS WE ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION PEOPLE WILL 00:07:15.23\00:07:20.80 USE STORY AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION -MEANS OF 00:07:20.84\00:07:26.14 COMMUNICATING WISDOM, COMMUNICATING VALUES, 00:07:26.17\00:07:29.88 BELIEFS AND SO AS YOU SEE JESUS IS TEACHING, HE 00:07:29.91\00:07:34.98 WOULD TELL STORIES IMBEDDED WITHIN THERE WAS 00:07:38.55\00:07:41.36 A DEEP MEANING AND THE PEOPLE HAD TO DISCOVER 00:07:41.39\00:07:43.29 THAT. 00:07:43.32\00:07:44.26 THAT IS STILL A VERY COMMON THING AND SO AS I 00:07:44.29\00:07:45.96 INTERACT IN MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD I HAVE 00:07:45.99\00:07:48.46 TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME LISTENING AND REALLY 00:07:48.50\00:07:50.90 FOCUSING ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING BECAUSE IT 00:07:50.93\00:07:53.74 SEEMS LIKE TO ME, FROM MY BACKGROUND THAT THEY ARE 00:07:53.77\00:07:56.27 OFF ON A TANGENT BUT THEY ARE TELLING ME ABOUT THEIR 00:07:56.30\00:07:59.87 NEIGHBOR IN RELATION TO MY ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ARE 00:07:59.91\00:08:03.51 TRYING TO HELP ME SEE MY ISSUE THROUGH WHAT 00:08:03.55\00:08:07.55 HAPPENED TO THEIR NEIGHBOR. 00:08:07.58\00:08:09.75 AND THEY ARE RELATING, YOU KNOW, THAT EXPERIENCE TO 00:08:09.78\00:08:13.62 ME TO OPEN UP MY OWN UNDERSTANDING. 00:08:13.66\00:08:16.49 SO, I HAVE TO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO HEAR THAT AND 00:08:16.52\00:08:19.69 SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAN MEAN BY THE USAGE OF STORY AND 00:08:19.73\00:08:23.70 THEN HOW THAT RELATES TO THE CONVEYANCE OF THE 00:08:23.73\00:08:26.07 GOSPEL WE SEE THAT JUST AS JESUS WENT AROUND TELLING 00:08:26.10\00:08:30.77 STORIES ALL THE TIME, IT WAS A WAY OF BEING ABLE TO 00:08:30.81\00:08:36.04 LEAVE A MESSAGE IN PEOPLE'S MINDS THAT HAD 00:08:36.08\00:08:40.15 LIKE SOME KIND OF CENTRAL FOCUS VERSUS ALL THIS 00:08:40.18\00:08:43.05 BROKEN UP INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, LIKE FACTS AND SO AS 00:08:43.08\00:08:48.22 PEOPLE SHARE THE MESSAGE TODAY OF THE GOSPEL, IT'S 00:08:48.26\00:08:51.16 VERY EASY TO GO AND TO TELL LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, 00:08:51.19\00:08:54.73 JESUS' FAMOUS STORY OF THE TWO BROTHERS. 00:08:54.73\00:08:58.23 WE OFTEN REFER TO IT AS THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL 00:08:58.27\00:09:01.40 SON WHERE ONE OF THE SONS KIND OF YOU KNOW, 00:09:01.44\00:09:05.41 DISRESPECTED HIS FATHER, TOOK HIS MONEY, WENT OFF 00:09:05.44\00:09:08.04 LIVED A WILD LIFE, REALIZED THAT HE WAS SUCH 00:09:08.08\00:09:10.61 A FOOL AND HE WENT BACK TO HIS FATHER LATER AND OF 00:09:10.65\00:09:13.48 COURSE IN THAT STORY WE SEE THAT WHAT JESUS IS 00:09:13.52\00:09:15.78 ACTUALLY DOING IS CONVEYING THIS WONDERFUL 00:09:15.82\00:09:18.82 PICTURE OF GOD AS A LOVING FATHER WHO GIVES 00:09:18.85\00:09:22.02 EVERYTHING TO HIS SON SO MUCH SO THAT HE IS 00:09:22.06\00:09:26.23 EMBARRASSED BEFORE THE COMMUNITY. 00:09:26.26\00:09:28.80 HE IS SHAMED BEFORE THE COMMUNITY BUT BECAUSE OF 00:09:28.83\00:09:31.43 HIS SON HE DOES THAT AND AT THE SAME TIME THERE HE 00:09:31.47\00:09:34.14 IS WAITING FOR HIS SON FOR YEARS TO FINALLY COME BACK 00:09:34.17\00:09:37.67 TO HIM AND YOU KNOW, WITHIN THIS KIND OF STORY 00:09:37.71\00:09:42.34 YOU CAN IN A MATTER OF FIVE MINUTES SHARE THIS 00:09:42.38\00:09:47.52 BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE OF GOD THAT YOU CAN TELL TO A 00:09:47.55\00:09:50.72 PERSON IN LIBYA, IN INDIA, IN CANADA AND EVERYBODY, 00:09:50.75\00:09:55.59 EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS LEFT CONSIDERING WOW, THAT WAS 00:09:55.62\00:09:58.83 A REALLY AMAZING FATHER TO DEAL WITH HIS SON THAT 00:09:58.86\00:10:02.86 WAY. 00:10:02.90\00:10:03.53 YOU KNOW. 00:10:03.57\00:10:04.60 AND SO, IT DOESN'T MATTER REALLY WHAT PART OF THE 00:10:04.63\00:10:06.47 WORLD THAT YOU ARE IN THAT YOU CAN HEAR THE STORY AND 00:10:06.50\00:10:08.47 IT STICKS WITH YOU AND IT STICKS WITH YOU NOT JUST 00:10:08.50\00:10:11.57 FOR AN HOUR BUT PROBABLY FOR AT LEAST THE DAY AND 00:10:11.61\00:10:14.74 IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING SIMILAR IT IS PROBABLY 00:10:14.78\00:10:16.28 GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN IN THE MONTHS OR YEARS 00:10:16.31\00:10:19.01 DOWN THE ROAD. 00:10:19.05\00:10:20.82 ABSOLUTELY AND THAT IS THE POWER OF THAT BECAUSE IF 00:10:20.85\00:10:24.25 JESUS HAD SAID YOU NEED TO RESPECT YOU FATHER AND YOU 00:10:24.29\00:10:28.02 NEED TO DO THIS, LIKE YOU SAID, A LIST OF THE FACTS 00:10:28.06\00:10:31.89 THAT JUST GETS LOST BUT AS YOU WERE SHARING THAT, IT 00:10:31.93\00:10:35.36 BROUGHT TO MIND I WAS IN A CLOSED COUNTRY. 00:10:35.40\00:10:38.23 I WAS WITH A CHRISTIAN WOMAN AND SHE TALKED ABOUT 00:10:38.27\00:10:41.44 PEACE WITH A BUSINESS MAN AND SHE DIDN'T SAY, OH, 00:10:41.47\00:10:44.94 YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO HAVE PEACE AND JESUS GIVES YOU 00:10:44.97\00:10:47.51 PEACE OR WHATEVER. 00:10:47.54\00:10:48.61 SHE LAUNCHED IN TO -OH, YOU'RE A VERY BUSY MAN AND 00:10:48.64\00:10:51.15 DO YOU HAVE ANY DAY OF REST THAT YOU TAKE? 00:10:51.18\00:10:55.78 AND PEACE IS SO IMPORTANT AND SHE GAVE THIS MAN A 00:10:55.82\00:10:58.39 WHOLE STUDY FROM THE LORD BUT IT WAS IN A STORY WAY 00:10:58.42\00:11:03.89 AND IT WAS PUTTING IT ON TO HIM AND JESUS DID THAT 00:11:03.93\00:11:08.46 SO MUCH OF YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR LIFE 00:11:08.50\00:11:11.00 AND BRINGING IT AROUND. 00:11:11.03\00:11:13.00 AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU WERE SAYING THAT I'M WONDERING 00:11:13.03\00:11:15.14 TOO WITH STORIES BEING SO POWERFUL IN MANY OF THESE 00:11:15.17\00:11:18.24 COUNTRIES A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ARE ILLITERATE, 00:11:18.27\00:11:21.14 WERE ILLITERATE COULDN'T WRITE AND ALL OF THAT SO 00:11:21.18\00:11:23.88 THAT'S WHERE TELLING THE STORY AH, IS SO IMPORTANT. 00:11:23.91\00:11:27.95 AND JULIE, YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE FOUND IS LIKE BEING 00:11:27.98\00:11:30.85 IN AMERICA I FIND THAT WHEN I SIT DOWN TO DINNER 00:11:30.89\00:11:33.42 AFTER TEN OR 15 MINUTES I WANT TO GET UP. 00:11:33.46\00:11:36.32 I WANT TO GO DO SOMETHING ELSE. 00:11:36.36\00:11:38.39 WE DON'T SIT AROUND TYPICALLY FOR A LONG TIME 00:11:38.43\00:11:40.93 TOGETHER ENGAGING WITH ONE ANOTHER BUT YOU KNOW I 00:11:40.96\00:11:45.17 RECENTLY JUST CAME BACK FROM A SIX WEEK TRIP AND 00:11:45.20\00:11:49.20 WHAT I'M LEFT WITH IS A LOT OF MEMORIES IN MY MIND 00:11:49.24\00:11:53.54 OF HOW LONG I SAT IN A RESTAURANT WITH SOMEBODY. 00:11:53.58\00:11:57.71 PROBABLY THE SHORTEST MEAL WAS AN HOUR AND A HALF. 00:11:57.75\00:12:00.72 IT WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE TWO AND A HALF HOURS 00:12:00.75\00:12:03.72 AND WHAT DID WE DO? 00:12:03.75\00:12:05.69 WE WENT THROUGH ALL KINDS OF ISSUES OF OUR LIFE, 00:12:05.72\00:12:09.26 WALKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES, THOSE STORIES. 00:12:09.29\00:12:12.86 THE KIDS, YOU KNOW, PLAYING IN THE RESTAURANT. 00:12:12.89\00:12:15.40 MOM RUNNING AFTER THE KIDS, BRINGING THEM BACK 00:12:15.43\00:12:18.10 AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES BIBLE STORIES CAME OUT AND 00:12:18.13\00:12:21.50 WE DISCUSSED THEM AND THEY WERE UP THERE IN THE AIR. 00:12:21.54\00:12:26.61 THERE WAS NO CONTROVERSY ABOUT IT. 00:12:29.34\00:12:31.88 THESE WEREN'T PEOPLE WHO WERE CHRISTIAN. 00:12:31.91\00:12:34.68 WE READILY TALKED ABOUT JESUS BECAUSE AND I WAS IN 00:12:34.72\00:12:40.02 MUSLIM NATIONS BECAUSE JESUS IS CONSIDERED, YOU 00:12:40.06\00:12:43.86 KNOW, THE GREAT PROPHET. 00:12:43.89\00:12:46.09 RIGHT. 00:12:46.13\00:12:46.96 PEOPLE READILY LOVE TO DISCUSS HIM. 00:12:47.00\00:12:49.40 ANOTHER ASPECT IS BECAUSE MUSLIMS ARE SO DESIROUS OF 00:12:49.43\00:12:54.50 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT COMING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 00:12:56.81\00:12:59.51 AS MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND 00:12:59.54\00:13:02.71 TOWARDS THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF GOD'S 00:13:02.74\00:13:05.21 KINGDOM THAT THEY ALSO WANT TO HEAR EVERY BIT OF 00:13:05.25\00:13:10.25 WISDOM THAT THEY CAN. 00:13:10.29\00:13:12.09 AND SO, A MUSLIM WHO'S VERY MUCH LIKE OPEN AND 00:13:12.12\00:13:17.86 THAT'S NOT OF COURSE EVERY PERSON BUT IT SEEMS LIKE 00:13:17.89\00:13:20.96 JUST ABOUT EVERY PERSON THAT I RUN INTO THAT IS A 00:13:20.96\00:13:23.23 MUSLIM VERY INTERESTED AND ALWAYS LEARNING 00:13:23.26\00:13:26.30 SPIRITUALLY. 00:13:26.33\00:13:27.54 WHATEVER THAT THEY CAN BRING INTO THEM THAT IS 00:13:27.57\00:13:29.47 GOING TO BRING THEM CLOSER TO GOD THEY WANT TO HEAR. 00:13:29.50\00:13:32.44 AND THAT'S THE CONNECTION. 00:13:32.47\00:13:33.98 YES. 00:13:34.01\00:13:35.31 THAT'S THE CONNECTION. 00:13:35.34\00:13:36.78 WELL, SHAWN THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND WE WANT TO 00:13:36.81\00:13:39.25 SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH AS 00:13:39.28\00:13:42.92 WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW THE LORD IS WORKING IN 00:13:42.95\00:13:45.82 ALL THESE COUNTRIES IN THE 10/40 WINDOW. 00:13:45.85\00:13:48.19 WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WAYS THAT 00:13:48.22\00:13:50.53 YOU CONNECT WITH US WHETHER THAT IS ON SOCIAL 00:13:50.56\00:13:52.76 MEDIA, ON YOUTUBE, ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS 00:13:52.79\00:13:56.53 THAT WE HAVE. 00:13:56.56\00:13:57.63 WE ALSO HAVE A NEWSLETTER AND WE WOULD LOVE TO SHARE 00:13:57.67\00:14:00.20 THAT WITH YOU. 00:14:00.24\00:14:01.30 AGAIN, ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS AND IT IS FREE TO 00:14:01.34\00:14:03.47 YOU JUST LET US KNOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE 00:14:03.51\00:14:06.11 IT. 00:14:06.14\00:14:06.81 IT HAS GREAT STORIES IN IT. 00:14:06.84\00:14:08.24 THINGS YOU CAN SHARE WITH OTHERS. 00:14:08.28\00:14:09.91 IT SHARES WITH YOU ALL THE DIFFERENT STATIONS WHERE 00:14:09.94\00:14:12.31 "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS" IS BROADCAST AND WE WANT 00:14:12.35\00:14:15.35 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE GOSPEL 00:14:15.38\00:14:18.15 OUTREACH FAMILY. 00:14:18.19\00:14:19.39 SO, WE ARE CHATTING HERE WITH SHAWN. 00:14:19.42\00:14:21.92 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CLOSED COUNTRIES IN THE 00:14:21.96\00:14:24.76 10/40 WINDOW WHERE GOSPEL OUTREACH IS SHARING AND 00:14:24.79\00:14:28.03 YOU WERE SHARING ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE, WITH MUSLIMS THAT 00:14:28.06\00:14:31.90 THEY ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN TALKING 00:14:31.93\00:14:33.64 ABOUT JESUS. 00:14:33.67\00:14:35.10 OH YES, VERY MUCH SO AND YOU KNOW ACTUALLY AS WE 00:14:35.14\00:14:37.41 USE THE TERM CLOSED COUNTRIES IT IS 00:14:37.44\00:14:39.51 INTERESTING THAT WE USE THAT TERM WHEN TODAY MANY 00:14:39.54\00:14:43.71 OF THESE COUNTRIES ARE MORE OPEN THAN THEY HAVE 00:14:43.75\00:14:45.68 EVER BEEN. 00:14:45.71\00:14:46.65 I'M SAYING THEY ARE MORE OPEN TO THE GOSPEL. 00:14:46.68\00:14:49.65 THEY ARE MUCH MORE OPEN TO HEARING ABOUT JESUS THAN 00:14:49.68\00:14:52.42 EVER BEFORE. 00:14:52.45\00:14:53.52 GOOD. 00:14:53.56\00:14:54.56 PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO DO WITH A LOT OF 00:14:54.59\00:14:58.06 DIFFERENT REASONS. 00:14:58.09\00:14:59.06 ONE IS, SEEMS LIKE THE ROCKS ARE CRYING OUT. 00:14:59.09\00:15:01.86 WE KNOW, MANY OF US KNOW AND HAVE HEARD THAT JESUS 00:15:01.90\00:15:05.87 HIMSELF HAS APPEARED TO MANY PEOPLE. 00:15:05.90\00:15:09.54 WE ALSO HEAR ABOUT JESUS COMING IN DREAMS AND 00:15:09.57\00:15:13.07 VISIONS TO PEOPLE BUT YOU KNOW, A REALLY OBVIOUS 00:15:13.11\00:15:16.58 THING IS THAT TODAY THERE ARE MILLIONS OF YOUNG 00:15:16.61\00:15:19.71 PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING GOING TO DIFFERENT PARTS 00:15:19.75\00:15:23.72 OF THE WORLD TO UNIVERISITY, THEY ARE 00:15:23.75\00:15:26.45 INTERACTING WITH OTHER PEOPLES. 00:15:26.49\00:15:28.22 THEY ARE -THEY HAVE A MORE OPEN MIND THAN EVER 00:15:28.26\00:15:32.86 BEFORE. 00:15:32.89\00:15:33.83 THEN WE HAVE ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH IS 00:15:33.86\00:15:37.57 LINKING TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OF 00:15:37.60\00:15:40.10 THE WORLD SO THAT WE ARE COMMUNICATING AS FRIENDS 00:15:40.14\00:15:43.00 WITH PEOPLES ALL OVER AND THIS NATURALLY JUST OPENS 00:15:43.04\00:15:47.48 PEOPLE UP TO HEAR AND TO LISTEN TO THEIR FRIENDS. 00:15:47.51\00:15:52.15 AND OUT OF ALL OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS UH, PEOPLE 00:15:52.18\00:15:57.59 IN CLOSED COUNTRIES ARE BEING PUSHED TO THE EDGE 00:15:57.62\00:16:01.76 OF LISTENING. 00:16:01.79\00:16:02.79 AH, VARIOUS THINGS ARE PROMPTING THEM AND OUT OF 00:16:02.82\00:16:07.23 THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN TIMES SAY 00:16:07.30\00:16:10.47 THAT IT TAKES I DON'T KNOW FOUR OR FIVE, SIX TIMES 00:16:10.50\00:16:13.34 TILL A PERSON HEARS A MESSAGE UNTIL THEY 00:16:13.37\00:16:15.94 ACTUALLY HEAR IT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS PEOPLE 00:16:15.97\00:16:18.84 ARE HEARING THE CHRISTIAN MESSAGE OR PART OF IT TIME 00:16:18.87\00:16:22.91 AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN. 00:16:22.94\00:16:24.18 IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS. 00:16:24.21\00:16:25.61 ALL THESE WAYS THEY ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY MAYBE 00:16:25.65\00:16:30.05 OPEN AND ENGAGE WITH THAT AND SO THAT NOW MORE THAN 00:16:30.09\00:16:35.52 EVER IS PROVIDING THE SPRINGBOARD FOR PEOPLE TO 00:16:35.56\00:16:39.49 ACTUALLY ENGAGE AND TO WANT TO KNOW. 00:16:39.53\00:16:42.93 A RECENT TRIP THAT I WAS ON IT SEEMED LIKE JUST 00:16:42.96\00:16:46.33 ABOUT HALF THE PEOPLE THAT I INTERACTED WITH WE HAD 00:16:46.37\00:16:50.34 CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE RELIGIOUS CONVERSATIONS 00:16:50.37\00:16:53.98 AND THEY ARE VERY FREE AND EASY TO BE IN. 00:16:54.01\00:16:57.65 THERE WAS NO CONFLICT AND MUCH OF THAT COMES FROM 00:16:57.68\00:17:01.65 HOW I COMMUNICATE. 00:17:01.68\00:17:03.62 YES. 00:17:03.65\00:17:04.62 TERMINOLOGY THAT I USE SO THAT I'M NOT USING 00:17:04.65\00:17:07.32 CHRISTIANESE. 00:17:07.36\00:17:08.32 UH HUH. 00:17:08.36\00:17:10.66 I REFER TO JESUS I MIGHT JUST USE YOU KNOW WHATEVER 00:17:10.69\00:17:16.10 COUNTRY I'M IN, I WOULD USE THE NATIONAL WORD FOR 00:17:16.13\00:17:20.64 THAT WHATEVER THE TRANSLATION IS. 00:17:20.67\00:17:22.87 RIGHT. 00:17:22.90\00:17:23.94 IN ARABIC OR IN PERSIAN OR WHATEVER SO THAT I'M 00:17:23.97\00:17:26.54 CALLING JESUS ISA. 00:17:26.57\00:17:27.91 A LOT OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS JUST AS FRENCH 00:17:27.94\00:17:32.81 PERSON IS SPEAKING TO ME, YOU KNOW, WANTS TO HEAR ME 00:17:32.85\00:17:36.32 SAYING, SI VIU PLAY. 00:17:36.35\00:17:37.62 ITS BEING GRACIOUS AND IT IS HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING 00:17:37.65\00:17:42.99 AND A KNOWLEDGE. 00:17:43.02\00:17:44.03 I'M A FIRM BELIEVER WHEN YOU GO TO VISIT ANOTHER 00:17:44.06\00:17:46.90 COUNTRY, ANOTHER PLACE, WHEREVER, YOU ARE A GUEST 00:17:46.93\00:17:49.90 THERE AND IT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE 00:17:49.93\00:17:53.00 ABOUT THOSE PLACES AND NOT ASSUME THAT YES, THEY ALL 00:17:53.03\00:17:56.07 SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 00:17:56.10\00:17:57.87 AND I AM IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH YOU ON 00:17:57.91\00:18:00.64 THAT. 00:18:00.68\00:18:01.54 VERY IMPORTANT. 00:18:01.58\00:18:02.54 ANOTHER THING THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY IS YOU 00:18:02.58\00:18:04.21 RECOGNIZE ANYBODY THAT WATCHES THE NEWS 00:18:04.25\00:18:07.25 RECOGNIZES THAT WE HAVE A GREAT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS 00:18:07.28\00:18:10.62 IN THE WORLD. 00:18:10.65\00:18:11.52 THERE ARE SO MANY REFUGEES, SYRIA THAT ARE 00:18:11.55\00:18:15.26 LIVING IN TURKEY; ARABIANS THAT ARE LIVING IN TURKEY. 00:18:15.29\00:18:18.66 YOU KNOW PEOPLE FROM LIBYA THAT ARE MOVING UP INTO 00:18:18.69\00:18:21.46 EUROPE. 00:18:21.50\00:18:22.50 PEOPLES ARE ON THE MOVE EVERYWHERE AND AS PEOPLE 00:18:22.53\00:18:24.80 ARE ON THE MOVE THEY ARE CONFRONTED WITH THINKING 00:18:24.83\00:18:30.04 DIFFERENTLY. 00:18:30.07\00:18:31.11 THEY HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY ARE CONFRONTED WITH A NEW 00:18:31.14\00:18:34.28 WAY OF LIFE BEFORE THEM AND THEY ARE IN A STATE OF 00:18:34.31\00:18:40.48 DIS EASE AND OFTEN TIMES IN THESE KIND OF 00:18:40.52\00:18:44.35 SITUATIONS THEY ARE NEEDY. 00:18:44.39\00:18:46.55 AND YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY STEPS INTO THEIR LIFE THAT 00:18:46.59\00:18:50.93 PROVIDES SOME KIND OF PEACE THAT PROVIDES SOME 00:18:50.96\00:18:53.63 KIND OF SECURITY AND IT IS IN THESE KIND OF 00:18:53.66\00:18:58.07 SITUATIONS TODAY THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY 00:18:58.10\00:19:00.50 HEARING THE GOSPEL. 00:19:00.54\00:19:01.47 SO, YES ONE OF THE COUNTRIES THAT I WAS JUST 00:19:01.50\00:19:07.18 IN HAS A VERY LARGE POPULATION AND I'M NOT 00:19:07.21\00:19:12.75 BEING SPECIFIC, THEY HAVE A VERY LARGE POPULATION OF 00:19:12.78\00:19:16.45 REFUGEES FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND WE 00:19:16.48\00:19:19.55 FOUND THAT THE HOUSES OF THESE PEOPLE WHO COME FROM 00:19:19.59\00:19:23.76 STRICT ISLAMIC NATIONS ARE EMBRACING JESUS. 00:19:23.79\00:19:28.26 AND THEY ARE EMBRACING JESUS FOR THE REASONS THAT 00:19:28.30\00:19:31.00 WE SAY. 00:19:31.03\00:19:31.97 HERE THEY ARE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, THEY ARE NO 00:19:32.00\00:19:34.67 LONGER UNDER STRICT CONTROL. 00:19:34.70\00:19:37.54 THEY CAN MAKE OTHER CHOICES. 00:19:37.57\00:19:39.07 THEY CAN ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT 00:19:39.11\00:19:42.01 THEY WANT TO FREELY. 00:19:42.04\00:19:43.75 THEY DON'T HAVE THE RISK OF GOING TO PRISON OR 00:19:43.78\00:19:47.08 OTHER REPERCUSSIONS ECONOMICALLY OR YOU KNOW, 00:19:47.12\00:19:51.49 THE STRESSES OF FAMILY AND OF COMMUNITY THAT RESTRICT 00:19:51.52\00:19:56.29 THEM FROM THINKING IN NEW WAYS AND SO THERE IS A 00:19:56.32\00:20:00.16 BURGEONING POPULATION ACTUALLY OF PEOPLE THAT 00:20:00.20\00:20:05.10 COME FROM BUDDHIST, HINDU, MUSLIM, ATHEIST 00:20:05.13\00:20:08.87 BACKGROUNDS THAT AH, ARE ACTUALLY HEARING THE 00:20:08.90\00:20:12.44 MESSAGE OF CHRIST AND THAT ARE EMBRACING IT. 00:20:12.47\00:20:15.44 ISN'T THAT JUST I WANT TO USE THE WORD FANTASTIC 00:20:15.48\00:20:19.55 BECAUSE AS YOU WERE SHARING ALL OF THAT THE 00:20:19.58\00:20:21.95 IMAGES WENT THROUGH MY MIND. 00:20:21.98\00:20:23.89 I RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING ONLINE OR THE NEWS ABOUT 00:20:23.92\00:20:27.06 ONE OF THE REFUGEE CAMPS AND IT WAS FLOODED AND 00:20:27.09\00:20:31.33 HERE THIS HOUSE IS -THIS LEAN TO, WHATEVER IT WAS, 00:20:31.36\00:20:34.50 IS FLOODED AND SO AS ALL OF THAT WENT THROUGH YET 00:20:34.56\00:20:37.93 THE OTHER THING THAT CAME THROUGH MY MIND IS THE 00:20:37.97\00:20:39.67 HOPE AND DESPITE ALL OF THIS, WE HAVE THE HOPE OF 00:20:39.70\00:20:43.94 JESUS. 00:20:43.97\00:20:44.94 IT IS ALL THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE AND HERE DESPITE 00:20:44.97\00:20:47.78 WHAT THESE DEAR PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT 00:20:47.81\00:20:49.61 THEY ARE FINDING HOPE. 00:20:49.64\00:20:50.98 YES, AND JULIE, YOU KNOW AS YOU MENTION CAMPS LIKE 00:20:51.01\00:20:55.28 THAT I ENGAGE WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 00:20:55.32\00:20:57.89 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE UNDERGROUND HOUSE CHURCH 00:20:57.92\00:21:01.29 AND HUMANITARIAN AID ORGANIZATIONS ETC. THAT 00:21:01.32\00:21:04.79 ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CRISIS 00:21:04.83\00:21:10.60 SITUATIONS AND I CAN SAY THAT THERE ARE WHAT WE 00:21:10.63\00:21:14.87 WOULD MAYBE CALL HOUSE CHURCHES IN THE MOST 00:21:14.90\00:21:18.84 DIFFICULT SITUATIONS ON EARTH. 00:21:18.87\00:21:21.18 WHETHER YOU ARE IN A REFUGEE CAMP, WHETHER YOU 00:21:21.21\00:21:24.61 ARE IN A VERY STRICT CERTAINLY CONTROLLED UM, 00:21:24.65\00:21:30.89 COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, POLITICALLY, RELIGIOUSLY, 00:21:30.92\00:21:33.59 THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF HOUSE 00:21:33.62\00:21:37.79 CHURCHES THAT ARE MEETING AND THEY ARE MEETING OVER 00:21:37.83\00:21:40.60 THE SCRIPTURES. 00:21:40.63\00:21:41.33 THEY ARE MEETING OVER THE BIBLE. 00:21:41.36\00:21:42.60 THEY ARE USING BIBLES ON THEIR PHONE. 00:21:42.63\00:21:45.50 PEOPLE ARE MEMORIZING THE BIBLE AND THEY ARE 00:21:45.53\00:21:49.60 STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES AND AS WE SAY THEY ARE 00:21:49.64\00:21:52.47 STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES THEY ARE NOT DOING AS MANY 00:21:52.51\00:21:55.08 PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA THINK THAT THEY HAVE A 00:21:55.11\00:21:57.68 TRACT IN THEIR HAND AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH 00:21:57.71\00:21:59.91 CERTAIN TEXTS. 00:21:59.95\00:22:01.35 NO, ACTUALLY WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IS THAT THEY ARE 00:22:01.38\00:22:03.62 OPENING THE BIBLE, THEY ARE READING A PORTION OF 00:22:03.65\00:22:06.15 IT AND THEY DISCUSSING IT AND THEY ARE SAYING WHAT 00:22:06.19\00:22:08.66 CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS. 00:22:08.69\00:22:10.39 WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE PROPHET ISAIAH? 00:22:10.43\00:22:12.19 WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE PROPHET JEREMIAH AS WE 00:22:12.23\00:22:15.30 READ ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE NATION 00:22:15.33\00:22:17.90 OF ISRAEL THERE AND THEN NOT ONLY WAS THAT THEIR 00:22:17.93\00:22:22.34 EXPERIENCE, HOW DOES YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO 00:22:22.37\00:22:25.84 THEM APPLY TO MY LIFE. 00:22:25.87\00:22:27.88 YES. 00:22:27.91\00:22:28.71 RELATE TO ME? 00:22:28.74\00:22:30.51 WELL, I'M GOING TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND SO THAT AGAIN 00:22:30.55\00:22:33.15 HAS TO DO WITH THE AUDITORY, THE STORY 00:22:33.18\00:22:35.45 TELLING BECAUSE I CAN READ SOMETHING IN MY BIBLE AND 00:22:35.48\00:22:39.45 READ IT, YOU KNOW, I'M READING IT TO MYSELF AND 00:22:39.49\00:22:41.82 EVERYTHING BUT THEN WHEN I THEN READ IT OUT LOUD, 00:22:41.86\00:22:45.66 WOW, THAT'S OFTEN TIMES WHERE IT IS EVEN MORE 00:22:45.69\00:22:48.60 POWERFUL TO READ IT AND GO WOW, I MISSED THAT. 00:22:48.63\00:22:52.30 YES. 00:22:52.33\00:22:53.44 YOU KNOW, I MISSED THAT BY JUST READING IT TO MYSELF. 00:22:53.47\00:22:56.60 YES, JULIE SINCE YOU MENTION THAT I'M VERY 00:22:56.64\00:22:59.37 FAMILIAR WITH THE BIBLE IN LIVING SOUND AND MANY 00:22:59.41\00:23:02.54 PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE CALL GODPODS. 00:23:02.58\00:23:05.35 THEY ARE KIND OF RECORDING DEVICES WHERE PEOPLE, 00:23:05.38\00:23:09.05 ORGANIZATIONS WILL RECORD THE BIBLE ON IT AND YES, 00:23:09.08\00:23:13.82 I'VE RUN INTO PEOPLE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD 00:23:13.86\00:23:16.79 WITH THOSE. 00:23:16.83\00:23:18.49 GRANTED THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOSE, THOUSANDS OF 00:23:18.53\00:23:20.76 THOSE AROUND THE WORLD THAT PEOPLE ARE LISTENING 00:23:20.80\00:23:23.00 TO AND THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT 00:23:23.03\00:23:25.57 BIBLE APPS TODAY, IS THAT BIBLE APPS HAVE A PLAY 00:23:25.60\00:23:32.01 OPTION IN MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND SO PEOPLE 00:23:32.04\00:23:35.08 LISTEN TO THE BIBLE OFF THEIR PHONES AND SO YOU'LL 00:23:35.11\00:23:39.21 SEE IT EVERYWHERE. 00:23:39.25\00:23:40.28 YOU COULD BE SITTING ON A PLANE FLYING INTO SAUDI 00:23:40.32\00:23:44.52 ARABIA AND A PERSON'S GOT THEIR HEADPHONES ON AND 00:23:44.55\00:23:47.42 THEY ARE LISTENING TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH. 00:23:47.46\00:23:50.33 WELL, AND THAT GOES RIGHT INTO SOMETHING I'LL SHARE 00:23:50.36\00:23:53.16 WITH THE VIEWERS RIGHT NOW. 00:23:53.19\00:23:54.20 SEE, THIS IS HOW WE ARE HERE ON THE SET OF OUR 00:23:54.20\00:23:58.23 ZOOM SET HERE ON "ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS". 00:23:58.27\00:23:59.87 I'M LISTENING TO SHAWN RIGHT HERE IN MY EARBUD 00:23:59.90\00:24:03.14 AND SEE YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT I HAD IT IN MY 00:24:03.17\00:24:07.74 EAR. 00:24:07.78\00:24:08.41 YES. 00:24:08.44\00:24:09.08 PERFECT EXAMPLE. 00:24:09.11\00:24:10.11 EXACTLY WE FIND THAT ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I'VE 00:24:10.15\00:24:11.85 FOUND COUNTLESS TIMES WHERE AS I'M SITTING 00:24:11.88\00:24:16.62 TALKING WITH PEOPLE, THESE ARE PEOPLE NOT OF A 00:24:16.65\00:24:19.85 CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND THEY WILL TELL ME PART OF A 00:24:19.89\00:24:23.73 BIBLE STORY AT -THEY'LL BEGIN TELLING PART OF A 00:24:23.76\00:24:26.90 BIBLE STORY AND I'LL RECOGNIZE IT AND I'LL TRY 00:24:26.93\00:24:30.47 TO LISTEN TO SEE WHAT THAT IS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE 00:24:30.50\00:24:33.50 STORY MAY BE CONFUSED AND THEN I DO WHAT I CAN IN A 00:24:33.54\00:24:38.64 HUMBLE WAY TO TRY TO CLARIFY THE STORY FOR THEM 00:24:38.67\00:24:42.84 IF I KNOW THE STORY WELL ENOUGH MYSELF. 00:24:42.88\00:24:46.21 SURE. 00:24:46.25\00:24:47.25 AND IT'S NOT THAT IF I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT THAT 00:24:47.28\00:24:48.28 I'LL GOOGLE IT, THEN I'LL GO TO SCRIPTURE AND I'LL 00:24:48.32\00:24:51.95 TELL IT YOU KNOW, "CORRECTLY" TO THEM BY 00:24:51.99\00:24:55.16 ACTUALLY READING IT OUT OF THE SCRIPTURE AS I'M 00:24:55.19\00:24:58.79 TALKING. 00:24:58.83\00:24:59.83 AS I SIT IN A RESTAURANT OR ON A PLANE OR WHEREVER 00:24:59.86\00:25:02.13 THAT I AM. 00:25:02.16\00:25:03.80 I LOVE THIS. 00:25:03.83\00:25:04.50 I LOVE THIS. 00:25:04.53\00:25:05.53 SO, THERE IS ACTUALLY A SCRIPTURE IN ROMANS THAT 00:25:05.57\00:25:09.80 WE WERE SHARING AND YOU SAID THAT IT WAS ROMANS 00:25:09.84\00:25:13.34 15:20 WHICH I'LL READ HERE. 00:25:13.38\00:25:16.18 "IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY AMBITION TO PREACH THE 00:25:16.21\00:25:18.75 GOSPEL WHERE CHRIST WAS NOT KNOWN SO THAT I WOULD 00:25:18.78\00:25:22.62 NOT BE BUILDING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S FOUNDATION." 00:25:22.65\00:25:26.89 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TEXT TO ME 00:25:26.92\00:25:29.69 BECAUSE ITS KIND OF LIKE BEEN A MOTTO FOR MY OWN 00:25:29.72\00:25:33.50 LIFE. 00:25:33.53\00:25:34.46 NOT THINKING OF MY OWN SELF AS YOU WERE READING 00:25:34.50\00:25:36.60 THAT, I WAS THINKING OF A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE HE'S A 00:25:36.63\00:25:40.90 MAN WHO BECAME -HE ACTUALLY BECAME A 00:25:40.94\00:25:44.47 CHRISTIAN ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. 00:25:44.51\00:25:47.21 HE LIVES IN A PART OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN A 00:25:47.24\00:25:51.48 COUNTRY THAT THINKS OF THEMSELVES AS BEING 00:25:51.51\00:25:54.65 ISLAMIC AND HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND OUT OF-HE 00:25:54.68\00:26:00.56 AND HIS WIFE BOTH DID, OUT OF THAT THEY WERE 00:26:00.59\00:26:04.53 PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED, UH, PEOPLE TRIED TO KILL THEM 00:26:04.56\00:26:08.63 YOU KNOW. 00:26:08.66\00:26:09.66 YOU KNOW, RUNNING INTO THEM WITH A CAR KIND OF 00:26:09.70\00:26:12.73 THING. 00:26:12.77\00:26:13.74 SO, AT ANY RATE THEY ARE VERY ALIVE AND HEALTHY 00:26:13.77\00:26:15.44 TODAY. 00:26:15.47\00:26:16.47 WOW. 00:26:16.50\00:26:17.54 PART OF THE COUNTRY WHERE IT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST 00:26:17.57\00:26:20.61 OF SEVEN STATES IN THE COUNTRY AND HE IS ONE OF 00:26:20.64\00:26:25.35 ABOUT 200 CHRISTIANS IN THAT ENTIRE STATE AND I 00:26:25.38\00:26:30.45 JUST WENT AND I SPENT A WEEK WITH THEM AND MY 00:26:33.99\00:26:36.22 PURPOSE IN DOING SO WAS SO THAT AS A CHRISTIAN 00:26:36.26\00:26:39.53 BROTHER I COULD GO AND ENCOURAGE THEIR FAMILY 00:26:39.56\00:26:41.63 WITH MY PRESENCE WITH THEM. 00:26:41.66\00:26:44.63 THEN OF COURSE, I DO THE SAME THING THROUGH SOCIAL 00:26:44.67\00:26:47.77 MEDIA IN THE PART OF THE YEAR THAT I'M NOT THERE. 00:26:47.80\00:26:52.51 AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE AS PEOPLE 00:26:52.54\00:26:55.81 FROM FREE COUNTRIES WHETHER YOUR FROM FRANCE, 00:26:55.84\00:26:59.15 OR ENGLAND OR AUSTRALIA WHEREVER YOU MAY BE WHERE 00:26:59.18\00:27:03.39 YOU ARE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN DO AND BELIEVE AS 00:27:03.42\00:27:06.42 YOU PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS, IF YOU HAVE 00:27:06.45\00:27:10.33 AQUAINTENCES IN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT YOU KNOW 00:27:10.36\00:27:13.13 ARE SOMEWHAT RESTRICTED, I'D REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU 00:27:13.16\00:27:17.53 TO BE A LISTENING VOICE. 00:27:17.57\00:27:19.43 BE A GREAT SUPPORTER BECAUSE THAT'S A PART THAT 00:27:19.47\00:27:25.14 I PLAY IN MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES IN THIS PERSON THAT 00:27:25.17\00:27:27.34 I MENTIONED RIGHT NOW, UM I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION 00:27:27.38\00:27:30.38 HIS NAME-I PRAY FOR THEM EVERY WEEK. 00:27:30.41\00:27:33.48 I FAST AND PRAY WITH MY WIFE THAT GOD WOULD BE A 00:27:33.52\00:27:36.75 HEDGE AROUND THEM, THAT GOD WOULD PROTECT THEIR 00:27:36.79\00:27:40.02 NEIGHBORS, YES, THAT THEY WOULD LOVE THEIR CHILDREN 00:27:40.06\00:27:43.12 BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY ARE VERY MUCH ON THE FRONT 00:27:43.16\00:27:45.36 LINE. 00:27:45.39\00:27:46.46 THEY'VE BEEN ABUSED AND THEY ARE IN AN ENVIRONMENT 00:27:46.49\00:27:49.30 THAT IS NOT SAFE AND SECURE AND WE ARE MEANT TO 00:27:49.33\00:27:52.67 BE THEIR ARMY BEHIND THEM. 00:27:52.70\00:27:56.24 ABSOLUTELY. 00:27:56.27\00:27:57.21 WHAT YOU AS A GOSPEL OUTREACH LISTENER AND 00:27:57.24\00:28:00.48 SUPPORTER CAN DO IS IF YOU ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH 00:28:00.51\00:28:03.55 PEOPLE LIKE THIS, THIS IS A GREAT WAY THAT YOU CAN 00:28:03.58\00:28:06.88 SUPPORT THEM AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE IT. 00:28:06.92\00:28:08.98 I LIKE IT. 00:28:09.02\00:28:09.88 I LIKE IT. 00:28:09.92\00:28:10.85 SHAWN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. 00:28:10.89\00:28:12.95 YOU'VE CHALLENGED US AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO 00:28:12.99\00:28:18.06 MUCH. 00:28:27.34\00:28:42.35